Projects

There are a number of U.S. cities making and implementing ambitious commitments to transition to 100% renewable energy; however, many of them are unsure of how to meet their commitments. This resea...

There are currently no established national benchmark averages for water use consumption in buildings. This leaves local governments and districts to create their own methods for establishing a wat...

Graham Catalyst Grant As national concern for climate change grows, federal policy and specific approaches, such as carbon taxes or renewable energy targets, have received the bulk of attention...

The Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) is a non-profit dedicated to furthering the understanding of Earth systems and global environmental change research in service of society. The mission of th...

Detroit is a city-region in renewal, after decades of socio-economic recession, urban decline, high land vacancy, and depopulation. The Detroit Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consists of six coun...

Aluminum and steel represent the two most dominant metals in light duty vehicles (LDVs), yet the flows of these materials into the American automotive industry have not been closely evaluated. This...

Blue Sky Michigan Engineering has set its sights on enhancing its culture of creativity, innovation and daring through its Blue Sky Initiative funding model. Introduced in late 2017, the Blue Sk...

The Planning Grants for Engineering Research Centers competition was run as a pilot solicitation within the ERC program.  Planning grants are not required as part of the full ERC competition, ...

M-CUBED 3.0 Mcubed stimulates innovative research and scholarship by distributing real-time seed funding to multi-unit, faculty-led teams.  Through this revolutionary research funding program,...

To quantify changes in lifetime fuel consumption, life cycle energy, life cycle GHG emissions, and development, production, and operational costs for an Army vehicle due to several lightweighting s...

A critical yet unexplored dimension of the food-energy-water nexus is the expansion of the "cold chain" into developing countries. The cold chain is defined as access to climate-controlled environm...

The United States population consumes more meat per capita than any country except for Australia and roughly 80% of this consumption occurs in U.S. cities. This meat is sourced from distant regions...

Many cities across the globe are facing difficult challenges managing their food, water and energy systems. The challenges stem from the fact that the issues of food, water and energy are often tightl...

Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Lidia Ponizy, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan - Institute of Physical Geography and Environmental Planning, Poland Partners: Dr. Jeanne Pourias, AgroParisTec...

This study aims to develop life cycle based models to elucidate the environmental impacts of CAV fleets (e.g., energy demand, GHG emission, and criteria air emissions). This study will evaluate the...

The Sustainability and Development Initiative will focus on sustainable development, utilizing publications, training, and an annual cross-disciplinary Global Conference on Sustainability and Devel...

The area of forest killed by wildfires, insect infestations and drought within the interior west has dramatically increased recently. If left standing, these dead trees are quickly attacked by a fu...

This study explored whether vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOLs), or “flying cars” can shorten commute time and play a role in sustainable mobility. Primary energy and greenhouse gas emiss...

There are several European studies that indicate dishwashing machines are more energy and water efficient than manual dishwashing during their use phase. Energy Star suggests that annually, dishwas...

Develop a set of green energy storage principles for mobile applications to guide design, deployment, and responsible life cycle management of battery technologies. The Center for Sustainable Syste...

Graham Transformation Grant - Graham Sustainability Institute provides up to $200,000 over 2 years for collaborative research initiatives; 1 award per year. There is an urgent need to...